Education and Training

2004-2006     Peter and Ruth Nicholas Postdoctoral Fellow, The Richard Smalley Institute for Nanoscale
                       Science and Technology & Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas

1999-2004     Ph.D. Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas

1996-1998     M.S. Fiber and Polymer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

1990-1996     B.S. Textile Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Affiliates

2016-present     Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

2016-2019          Director of Graduate Program

2011-present     Scientist, Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center

2009-present     Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Endomimetics, LLC

2009-present     Scientist, Comprehensive Diabetes Center  

2007-present     Faculty, Medical Scientist Training Program (M.D./Ph.D.), School of Medicine

2006-present     Associate Scientist, Comprehensive Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, Bone, and Autoimmunity Center (CAMBAC)

2011 – 2016        Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

2006 – 2011        Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Awards and Honors

2023               Innovation Fellow, School of Engineering

2017                   Fellow of the American Heart Association

2011                   Coulter Fellow, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

2010                   Early Career Award, National Science Foundation

2010                   Finalist, Alabama Launchpad Governor’s Business Plan Competition
                           Endomimetics, LLC (Drs. Brott, Jun, Barr, Schwiebert)

2010                   Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship

2009                   Innovation Award, American Diabetes Association

2008                   Featured as One of Three Works Selected to the News Conference on
                           “Hign Tech for the Heart”, American Heart Association Scientific Session 2008

2007                   Early Career Award, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

2004                   Peter and Ruth Nicholas Postdoctoral Fellowship, 
                          The Richard Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University

2001                   Student Travel Award, Biomedical Engineering Society

1999                   Korean Government Overseas Scholarship

1990-1995         Merit-based University Scholarship, Hanyang University

Experiences

1998-1999        Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea

1991-1992        Military Service